 Cy pres awards enable The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy ("The Institute") to make the dream of equality and justice in the American workplace a reality for everyone. The Institute's initiatives are designed to ensure that individuals who are subjected to unjust treatment in the workplace have effective legal representation and access to the civil justice system. To this end, The Institute's scholarship and fellowship programs provide training opportunities to lawyers, law students and other employee rights advocates from around the country. Through the development of a national litigation strategy, The Institute works to protect and expand legal rights and relief for America's employees.
In 2008, The Institute received almost $300,000 in cy pres awards. A portion of the cy pres funds were used to create The Institute. Cy pres funds also supported The Institute's Employee Rights Advocacy Scholarship Program, which provided scholarships to legal services, public interest, government and private lawyers, law students as well as other employee rights advocates. In 2009, cy pres funds will be used to expand The Institute's Employee Rights Advocacy Scholarship Program and to establish The Paul H. Tobias* Fellowship Program. In addition, cy pres funds will be used to develop the contours of The Institute's National Litigation Strategy Project, which will be devoted to the progressive and methodical advancement of employee rights. If you have any questions about naming The Institute as a cy pres beneficiary, please contact Terisa E. Chaw, Executive Director, at info@employeerightsadvocacy.org. Click here to read our frequently asked questions about cy pres. More about cy pres:
* Paul H. Tobias is the Founder of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA), The Institute's related nonprofit professional organization. |
